[oe] PREFERRED_PROVIDER issue/question

[Khem Raj]

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Frans Meulenbroeks
<fransmeulenbroeks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So it seems to check PREFERRED_PROVIDER_mysql5 not (what I had
> expected PREFERRED_PROVIDER_libmysqlclient)
>
> Questions:
> Is this a bug somewhere?

Usually sometimes one package provided something the other does not so
they dont behave as drop in replacement. So make sure you find the
differences between say mysql and mysql5 recipes

> What should I do to pin my libmysqlclient?

what you did is ok.

> Should we perhaps nuke the myql package ?

if its not pinned thats an option.

>
> Your opinion is appreciated!
> Frans
>